Romeo

[ roh-mee-oh ]

noun
  1. the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

  2. any man who is preoccupied with or has a reputation for amatory success with women.

  1. a lover: She found her Romeo at a charity ball.

  2. (used in communications to represent the letter R.)

  3. a male given name.

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British Dictionary definitions for Romeo

Romeo

/ (ˈrəʊmɪəʊ) /


noun
  1. plural -os an ardent male lover

  2. communications a code word for the letter r

Origin of Romeo

1
from the hero of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1594)

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